§ 750.508Equipping vehicle with radio able to receive signals on frequencies assigned for

police or certain other purposes; violation; penalties; radar detectors not applicable.
 Sec. 508.
    (1) A person who has been convicted of 1 or more felonies during the preceding 5 years
 shall not carry or have in his or her possession a radio receiving set that will receive signals
 sent on a frequency assigned by the federal communications commission of the United States
 for police or other law enforcement, fire fighting, emergency medical, federal, state, or local
 corrections, or homeland security purposes. This subsection does not apply to a person who is
 licensed as an amateur radio operator by the federal communications commission. A person




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 who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not
 more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
    (2) A person shall not carry or have in his or her possession in the commission or attempted
 commission of a crime a radio receiving set that will receive signals sent on a frequency
 assigned by the federal communications commission of the United States for police or other
 law enforcement, fire fighting, emergency medical, federal, state, or local corrections, or
 homeland security purposes. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a crime as
 follows:
    (a) If this subsection is violated in the commission or attempted commission of a
 misdemeanor punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 93 days but less than
 1 year, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1
 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
    (b) If this subsection is violated in the commission or attempted commission of a
 misdemeanor or felony punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of 1 year or more, the
 person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of
 not more than $2,000.00, or both.
    (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person who carries or has in his or her possession a
 radio receiving set described in subsection (2) in the commission or attempted commission of
 a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of less than 93 days.
    (4) This section does not apply to the use of radar detectors.